Jeremy C. Andrus


jeremy@jeremya.com

 3229 Aberdeen Ave.
Zeeland, MI 49464
616,748,6963
 
 
Objective:
To obtain an exciting and challenging position in hardware or software computer engineering.
 
Education:

BSE, concentration in Electrical and Computer Engineering /
Mathematics Minor
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2003
GPA: 3.33 out of 4.00


Graduate Coursework
Columbia University, New York, NY
Course List: Digital Image Processing, Communication Theory, Operating Systems, iPhone/Android Development, Computer Architecture, Display Science & Technology
Current GPA: 4.00 out of 4.00

 
Relevant Skills:
  • CMOS image sensor characterization, verification and bring-up
  • C/C++ including STL, threading, and networking (Berkeley Sockets, lwIP, low-level Ethernet)
  • C/C++ GUI APIs: Qt, Win32 SDK, MFC
  • Basic logic design / simulation using Verilog HDL and schematic entry
  • Basic circuit analysis, image processing and GPGPU techniques
  • Shell-scripting, GNU Makefiles, Perl, HTML, PHP
  • GNU/Linux and Apple OSX operating systems
  • Excellent problem-solving and system debugging skills
  • Excellent ability to quickly master challenging, complex systems
 
Awards:
  • US Patent 7405650, Device with Improved Serial Communication
  • Several additional patent applications
 
Work Experience:

Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI, June 2003 - Present
Senior Electronics Research Engineer, Advanced Technology Department
Responsibilities include:

  • Lead engineer developing next generation custom image sensor
  • Designing, testing and maintaining an FPGA-based embedded system used as a frame-grabber for a custom image sensor.
  • Designing, testing and maintaining cross-platform data acquisition / storage / visualization software suite supporting advanced product development.
  • Designing advanced production test / control software for wafer-level testing of custom image sensors.
  • Creating, developing, testing a proprietary serial communication protocol and PCI-based implementation to facilitate advanced tester applications.
  • Porting and maintaining Linux/BSD/OSX versions of company-wide software libraries for internal cross-platform software development.
  • Developing Linux kernel drivers and control software for both custom and off-the-shelf image sensors.
 

Solidus Design, Grand Rapids, MI, January 2002 - May 2003
Web Programmer
Responsibilities include:

  • Creating e-commerce solutions for customers using PHP, Perl, PostgreSQL and Apache.
  • Maintaining existing e-commerce infrastructure.
  • Interfacing with both designers and customers to determine design requirements and feasibility within a negotiated schedule.
 

Electrical Engineering Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Senior Design Project, September 2002 - May 2003
Project Details / Accomplishments include:

  • A PCI card encapsulating an embedded system running the Linux operating system that transparently filters network traffic and appears to the host machine as a standard network interface card.
  • Developing a project schedule including work/task distribution.
  • Designing / fabricating / Debugging the PCI Card.
  • Porting the colilo bootloader to the MCF5249 and re-contributing the code to the OpenSource project.
 

Electrical Engineering Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Research Assistant, May 2002 - August 2002
Responsibilities include:

  • Developing a network monitoring system for a Beowulf Cluster.
  • Designing / developing a PCI card to implement the network monitoring system.
  • Writing a custom netfilter hook / PCI driver in the Linux kernel to facilitate hardware-based network traffic monitoring.
  • Presenting the PCI card monitoring system design at the 13th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics.
 
References:
Available upon request.